After Effects PopcornFX Plugin

Integrates the PopcornFX Runtime SDK into After Effects as a Plugin.

Version: v2.19.7
Platforms: Windows (http://www.popcornfx.com/contact-us/) for more information.

Setup

Install the PopcornFX v2 Editor matching that plugin version to create effects
Install the After Effects PopcornFX Plugin in your After Effects install folder

Download the plugin archive or clone it from our Github repository : https://github.com/PopcornFX/AfterEffectsPopcornFXPlugin
Run download_3rd_party.bat (Windows) or download_3rd_party.sh (MacOS) to download the PopcornFX SDK.
Download and nstall QT (https://www.qt.io/download-qt-installer-oss), and set QTDIR environment variable to your installation path (Example: C:\Qt\Qt5.15.2\5.15.2\msvc2019_64\), the plugin is tested to compile on QT 5.15.X
Download and install windows SDK 10.0.17134 (Direct download link: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=870807)
Launch projects/AfterEffects_vs2019/PopcornFX_AfterEffectsPlugin.sln (Windows) or make -j -f projects/AfterEffects_macosx/PopcornFX_AfterEffectsPlugin.make (MacOS), to build the plugin.
Copy the PopcornFX/ folder into the plugin folder in your After Effects installation.
- On Mac, as a temporary mesure, you'll need to copy the binaries from projects/intermediate/AfterEffects/GM/<arch>/<profile>/* into PopcornFX/
Run After Effects, you will have the plugin installed.

(Minor update only) Open PopcornFX Editor, upgrade your project from the project launcher
Remove the old plugin
Install the latest released archive.
(Minor update only) Open your After Effects project and reimport all effects, they will not load otherwise

The PopcornFX Runtime SDK cannot be in any way: transfered, modified, or used without this Plugin or outside After Effects, see LICENSE.md.